Chapter 68: Xu Niu Asks for Money
After seeing Xu Deshan's strong mental endurance, Gao Mang had to admire in his heart, you see Xu Deshan, he is worthy of being able to sit on an equal footing with Hebei Road, although the corpse was dug out of the pit by himself, but Xu Deshan was personally inspected by the corpse, Xu Deshan took the chopsticks in his hand and carefully pulled the corpse, and the posture and look were the same as the posture of eating at the dinner table.
Seeing that Xu Deshan was inspecting seriously, Gao Mang couldn't help asking: "Little boy, who is this person, so that you are so attentive, do you need to buy a coffin and bury him well?" ”
Xu Deshan rolled his eyes and said: "What to bury, the leader of the cult, I don't know how many people have been deceived, now that the black eats the black and dies, if I am not afraid that others will see it and think that he was killed by the two of us, I still want to just throw it away, it is already good to be able to bury him, come, you can bury him back." ”
Gao Mang shouted: "Eh, you said it earlier, I was so polite to him, for fear that I would break him up and make him unlucky." Gao Mang said, kicked directly on the corpse, kicked his arms and legs back into the pit, and then began to fill in the earth.
Xu Deshan frightened Gao Mang and said: "Bad people are bad people, but now that everyone is dead, you still treat others like this, you are not afraid that he will become a ghost and follow you." ”
Gao Mang snorted: "You always dig people out, and you have to expose people to the wilderness, you are not afraid, what am I afraid of." ”
Xu Deshan said: "Don't say it, this ghost is also divided into many kinds, some like children, some like men, in case this ghost takes a fancy to you, who has a way." ”
Gao Mang was stunned for a moment, stopped talking, and then suddenly sped up the speed of filling the soil, and then ran away without looking back, Xu Deshan smiled and followed behind.
The two of them worked in this grove for a long time, and when they returned home, it was already noon, Gao Mang entered the door and looked for a place to take a bath to go to the bad luck, when Xu Deshan entered the door, he saw that the old lady was also coming back from Xu Niu's house, and saw Xu Deshan happily called Xu Deshan and said: "Deshan, you go slowly." ”
Xu Deshan saw that it was an old lady, hurriedly stopped, and waited for the old lady to come over, the old lady smiled and said to Xu Deshan: "You kid, yesterday I said that we would go to worship Maitreya God and Buddha together, why did you kid run away in advance." ”
Xu Deshan said: "I didn't run in advance, Xu Niu Protector said that Maitreya Buddha didn't look down on me, so I had to leave in advance." ”
The old lady said: "It's okay if you leave, but tell me to wait, and finally asked the daughter-in-law of the Xu family, only then did I know that you have left, but the daughter-in-law of the Xu family is not bad, not only left the front row position for me, but also gave me two eggs every day, you said what a good thing this is, it must be the piety of my prayers these days, the Buddha saw it, and this rewarded my family." ”
Xu Deshan said: "It's good, it's good that your old man is happy." ”
The old lady said: "It's your sweet mouth, okay, you go to dinner, remember not to go out in the afternoon." ”
Xu Deshan said strangely: "Grandma, do you have something to do in the afternoon, why don't you let me go out?" ”
The old lady said, "Naturally, there is something to do in the afternoon, and when I was leaving, the Dharma Protector told me that he was coming to visit you in the afternoon." ”
Xu Deshan frowned and said, "What is he doing here?" ”
The old lady said, "Why do you look unhappy, maybe the Buddha is willing to recruit you into the religion." ”
Xu Deshan said: "Okay, then I won't go out in the afternoon, wait for the Dharma Protector to come and see what he has to say." ”
The old lady was satisfied, and let the maid help her to eat, Xu Deshan watched the old lady leave, her face slowly became gloomy, and she secretly thought to herself, what kind of calculation did Xu Niu come to.
This person, the more he does, the more he thinks, you look at a fool, he knows how to eat and sleep, so every day is happy, and Xu Deshan does too much, thinks too much, especially he and Gao Mang just dug up the buried corpse again, heard that the owner was coming, it is inevitable that there is some imagination, I don't know if I alarmed Xu Niu, or other places have not done a good job, if because of my own negligence, delay the big thing, then it is my own fault, so the whole noon, Xu Deshan spent all his time in apprehension.
After eating, according to Xu Deshan's habits, he wanted to sleep in the sun, but Xu Niu was diligent, Xu Deshan seemed to be sleeping, and when he was comfortable in the sun, he heard Gao Mang knock on his door, saying that Xu Niu was coming, Xu Deshan had no choice, who told him that he couldn't move Xu Niu now, so he could only get up, ask Gao Mang to make tea, and then called Xu Niu in.
Xu Niu's reputation as a scoundrel has always been there since he was a child, and a scholar like Xu Caizheng has always drawn a line with a scoundrel, so although the two families are not too far apart, Xu Niu has grown so big and has never entered the Xu Mansion for half a step.
And this time in, Xu Niu is an eye-opener, you look at the houses of other scholars, the buildings are different, this brick and tile, this tree and this flower, it looks so chic and quiet, it makes people feel comfortable, and then think about the broken yard of their own house, although it is big now, but compared with other people's Xu Mansion, it looks like picking up rags is not much different, well, this time when you go back, you must clean up your own home, which is more magnificent than this Xu Mansion.
Xu Niu looked left and right as if he had entered the Grand View Garden, and unconsciously, he had come to Xu Deshan's door, pushed the door in, and saw that Xu Deshan had already sat down and was waiting for Xu Niu, and saw Xu Deshan again, even if Xu Deshan was only five years old, and his legs could not touch the ground when he sat on the Taishi chair, but from the moment he saw Xu Deshan, Xu Niu unconsciously lowered his head again.
Xu Niu didn't think so before he came, you see Xu Deshan, he came to his house with a fierce attitude, but after listening to his own experience, he ran away with his tail between his legs, what does this mean, it shows that Xu Deshan is afraid, of course, Xu Niu knows that Xu Deshan is not afraid of himself, but those murderous King Kongs, but now he is the protector of the Dharma, and he is also with them, Xu Deshan will give himself some face, if Xu Deshan doesn't give it, he will take out a few King Kong to scare Xu Deshan, must have asked Xu Deshan to be honest and obedient.
With such an idea, Xu Niu originally planned to shout with Xu Deshan, but unfortunately, how good he thought before, but Xu Niu did not have that momentum, so normal, but if Xu Niu could be a little tougher, he would not be mixed with the current situation, so when Xu Niu saw Xu Deshan sitting there majestic, he made the old mistake of bullying the soft and being afraid of the hard again, plus this is Xu Deshan's home, and the reckless and vicious glaring at Xu Niu on the side, Xu Niu immediately became nodding and bowed, and sent Xu Deshan to say goodbye.
Xu Deshan motioned for Gao Mang to go out, closed the door, and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”
Xu Niu took a step forward and said: "Third son, this is not the other day when the two of us chatted, I have a lot of respect for the third son, so I came to ask the third son for a lesson or two." ”
Xu Deshan's face changed, and he said: "Xu Niu, didn't I already talk to you that day, and I will no longer be involved in your affairs, what are you still looking for me to do?" ”
Xu Niu saw that Xu Deshan looked nervous, no longer had the calm and majestic before, and became much bolder, and said: "The third prince is gone, but I have already told the secret to the third prince to know, if King Kong finds it at that time, I am afraid that it will kill my family, pity me Xu Niu has not even eaten a good meal in his life, before he dies, what should I say and not say, but I can't help myself." ”
Xu Deshan said: "What do you want to do!" ”
Xu Niu said: "Nothing, the third prince lives a rich life every day in the Xu Mansion, eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, where do I know the suffering of our poor family, in order not to tell King Kong about the third prince, I am worried every day and can't sleep well, so if I want to ask the third prince for some reward and buy some food, I will die, and I will be a full ghost." ”
Xu Deshan squinted his eyes and said, "Didn't I give you ten taels of silver that day?" ”
Xu Niu shook his head and said: "Ten taels of silver is too little, buy some clothes, eat and drink, utensils, it has been spent in one day, and please ask the third prince to reward some more." ”
When Xu Niu said this, he could already see that Xu Deshan was helpless against himself, and with a reliance in his heart, he became more and more bold, and casually found a chair and sat down, staring at Xu Deshan unceremoniously.
Xu Deshan is actually quite helpless in his heart now, you say this Xu Niu, it really doesn't have any eyesight, you say one by one, don't care about the good or bad, finally have a little power, but I really take myself seriously, not to mention that I can now call Liu Xian a brother and brother, and turn the whole ground around the ground that Wang Quanzao commanded, even if there was no such before, the dignified Xu Mansion is not something that people like you can come, now it's okay, coax you yourself, you will pick up ten taels of silver for nothing, and you think you are easy to bully, This time he went to the house to slander people, it is really easy to change the nature of the country, this Xu Niu's nature is like this, even if he did not become this protector by mistake, there will be other ghost ideas in the future, and the disaster will harm the township.
But now, after thinking about it, Xu Deshan sadly found that he really didn't have any way to take this Xu Niu, after all, as the old saying goes, people are shameless, the world is invincible, Xu Niu can block the door to slander people, what else can he expect to do, take 10,000 steps back, even if Xu Niu is guilty, it is for the government to arrest, Xu Deshan does not plan to exceed this prohibition and spoil his own big things.
Xu Deshan took a deep breath, calmed down for a while, looked at Xu Niu again, and asked dryly, "How much money are you going to want?" ”
Xu Niu was secretly happy in his heart, he thought that it would take a lot of twists and turns to come this time, but he didn't expect that after three or two sentences, Xu Deshan compromised and agreed, and directly asked himself to make a price, isn't this a great thing.
Xu Niu secretly thought about the money Xu Deshan should give himself, thinking about the last time Xu Deshan made a move, it was ten taels of silver, so this time, why don't you blackmail him for a hundred and eighty taels, of course, he wants so much, but this is like buying something, he says so much, Xu Deshan will bargain, and finally give himself the silver, I'm afraid it's only half of it, in this case, I want two hundred taels of silver when I open my mouth, and so on, since it's two hundred taels, why don't you just ask for a little more, Xu Deshan won't give it if he doesn't give it, but if he does, he won't make a lot of money.
Thinking of this, Xu Niu gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Five hundred taels!" ”
Xu Niu said, he is a little weak-hearted, to know what the concept of five hundred taels is, ordinary people, all year round, save money, and the balance is only one or two taels of silver, so calculated, a family from birth to death, fifty years, can only save one hundred taels of silver, and Xu Niu opened his mouth to ask for five hundred taels, I am afraid that Xu Niu does not even know what the concept of five hundred taels of silver is.
Xu Niu looked at Xu Deshan with a weak heart, thinking that Xu Deshan was going to be furious, but Xu Niu underestimated Xu Deshan, and now Xu Deshan has to be on an equal footing with him even when he sees Jia Changchao, and when he looks at Xu Niu again, it is like looking at an ant, he doesn't bother to say a word of nonsense on these meaningless issues, he closes his eyes directly, and doesn't pay attention to Xu Niu.
Xu Niu knew that he had gone too far, Xu Niu, who had been mixing on the street all the year round, had long known that this bullying was a bully, although he could be bullied often, but he couldn't bully too hard all at once, even if he was bullied by an honest person, he would bite people, not to mention that Xu Deshan was already hand-eyed.
Xu Niu hurriedly said: "We can discuss this amount, if five hundred taels can't be reached, two hundred taels can also be." ”
Xu Deshan still closed his eyes and was silent, as if he hadn't heard Xu Niu speak, Xu Niu said: "One hundred and fifty taels, it can't be less, no matter how little, you can't buy anything." ”
After Xu Niu finished speaking, he peeked at Xu Deshan, but Xu Deshan still didn't react at all, closed his eyes and was silent, Xu Niu suddenly couldn't hold his breath, gritted his teeth and said: "One hundred taels, if you don't give it to me, wait for the next time King Kong comes to interrogate, I can't guarantee that I won't tell you about the events of that day." ”
Xu Deshan hesitated, finally opened his eyes, and said, "Okay, one hundred taels is one hundred taels, but after I give you the money, you can no longer make trouble with me." ”
Xu Niu saw Xu Deshan agree, while secretly happy, he was secretly proud of his plan, and he couldn't stop agreeing: "That's, that's, I, Xu Niu, don't talk like a word, as long as I have money, I may move immediately, and the third son has no contact." ”
Xu Deshan looked at Xu Niu and shouted, "Gao Mang come in." ”
Gao Mang was waiting outside, and when he heard Xu Deshan calling himself, he hurriedly pushed the door in and asked, "Little boy, what are your orders?" ”
When Xu Deshan was not angry, he said: "You go to the account room, pay one hundred taels of silver, and give it to Xu Niu to take away." ”
Gao Mang has been in Xu Mansion for some days, and he knows almost all about the three sects and nine streams around Xu Mansion, especially Gao Mang is a guard, especially knowing what kind of character Xu Niu is, hearing that Xu Deshan wants to give Xu Niu money, and it is a big number like one hundred taels, his eyes widened suddenly, and he said in disbelief: "Little boy, you are crazy, why did this kid take a hundred taels of silver from us?" ”
Xu Deshan said: "I will give it to you if I tell you, I am not distressed, what are you distressed about?" ”
Gao Mang hesitated and said: "Okay, you have the final say, but the amount of one hundred taels is too big, even if I go to the account office to get it, people may not give it to me. ”
Xu Deshan thought about it, it was also such a reason, thinking that it was one or two silver at the beginning, and he was reluctant to give it to his three brothers, but now the Wang family is in charge of the money, and he took out a hundred taels of silver at once, if the Wang family knows, it is not to drip blood from his heart, not to mention Gao Mang, even if he is not necessarily able to ask for the money.
Xu Deshan stood up and knocked on the door of Wang's house in person, Wang promised inside, and after a while, he opened the door, and when he saw that Xu Deshan was coming, his face suddenly smiled like a flower.
The current Xu Deshan is no longer than a year ago, how did the Wang family look at Xu Deshan a year ago, but now Xu Deshan, in the eyes of the Wang family, is closer than his own son, closer than Xu Caizheng, if Xu Deshan and Xu Caizheng are thrown into the river, the first one to be saved by the Wang family must be Xu Deshan Undoubtedly, no way, Xu Deshan is too good at attracting wealth, in just one year, Xu Mansion's account book is a few hundred taels more silver, although there is so much more money, there is no obvious change in the life of Xu Mansion, But the silver nuggets are pleasing to the eye.
Wang pulled Xu Deshan to sit in the room, poured tea and water for Xu Deshan, and asked Xuhan shortly, but Xu Deshan was a little embarrassed, Xu Deshan said: "Auntie, why are you so polite, I have something to do with you, and I will leave when I am done." ”
Wang said: "You, what else can you do when you come to me, it must be to withdraw money, it's not that I said you, you kid has rarely come back since he moved out, it's too conscienceless, it's me who treats you badly or what." ”
Xu Deshan muttered: "No, no, it's not like you can see it every day when you eat, but it's true that you came over to get money." ”
Wang said: "Look what's going on, let me say it, you say, how much do you want this time, I'll give it to you, that is, your child has a chance and can make money, you look at Xu Zheng's child, I don't give him a copper plate if he usually wants it." ”
Xu Deshan was afraid of scaring Wang, so he gestured a finger to Wang, and Wang saw it and said easily: "It turned out to be just one or two silver, this is easy to say, you just ask Gao Mang to come over, where to get it in person." ”
Xu Deshan's gesture did not change, he shook his head, and Wang Shi was stunned and said, "Is it ten taels?" Didn't I say you, didn't you just get you ten taels of silver last time, you are too fast to draw, it is not wrong for men to spend money, but that can't be lavish. ”
Xu Deshan still shook his head without changing his gesture, Wang saw it, guessed something, his face was a little wrong, Xu Deshan said directly: "I want to use one hundred taels of silver this time, and ask the eldest mother to give it to me." ”